Buto

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Buto was an ancient Egyptian city in the Nile Delta that served as a major religious center and cult site of the cobra goddess Wadjet.

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Buto canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city
archaeological site
ancientName Pe and Dep
Per-Wadjet
linked to: Wadjet
archaeologicalExcavationsBy Flinders Petrie
associatedSymbol red crown of Lower Egypt
associatedWith cobra goddess Wadjet
linked to: Wadjet

pharaonic kingship
consistsOf Dep
Pe
country Egypt
cultOf Wadjet
culturalRole political center of early Lower Egypt
hasArchaeologicalImportance study of early urbanism in the Nile Delta
hasFeature cemeteries
settlement layers
temple remains
knownFor temple of Wadjet
languageContext ancient Egyptian
laterIncorporatedInto Greek and Roman Egypt
linkedMythologicallyTo protection of Horus as a child
locatedIn Lower Egypt
Nile Delta
locatedNear modern Desouk area
majorDeity Wadjet
modernSiteName Tell el-Fara'in
linked to: Tell el-Farama
protected king of Egypt (through Wadjet)
region northwestern Nile Delta
religion ancient Egyptian religion
servedAs cult center
religious center
symbolizedBy cobra (uraeus)
timePeriod Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
Late Period of Egypt
Old Kingdom of Egypt
Predynastic Egypt
Ptolemaic Period
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
typeOfDeityCult cobra goddess cult
wasCapitalOf Lower Egypt (early periods)
linked to: Lower Egypt
worshipPractices royal protection rituals for Wadjet

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